Jim Field visits with Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird about victim’s services, fentanyl and a new bill increasing penalties for drug dealers.
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The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office released information on a couple of recent accidents.
On Thursday at 1:13 p.m. Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an accident on 305th Trail. A 2001 Jeep Cherokee driven by 43-year-old Tandy Ann Graham of Adair was east bound on 305th Trail from Highway 25 and lost control on the ice covered roadway. The Jeep entered the eastbound ditch and rolled over on the passenger side before coming to rest. Graham was uninjured in the accident and was wearing her seat belt. The Jeep sustained an estimated $4,000 of disabling damage.
On Wednesday at 12:50 p.m. Deputies responded to an accident on Wagon Road. It was determined that a 2011 Honda Odyssey driven by 39-year-old Josie S. Kile of Jonesborough, TN was northbound on Wagon Road. The van was traveling too fast through the curve and lost control on the icy roadway. The van spun around and entered the east ditch and struck a traffic sign and then flipped onto its roof. Kile suffered minor, non-incapacitating injuries and was transported to the hospital by Stuart Rescue. The Honda van was totaled, suffering an estimated $6,500 damage. Damage to a traffic sign owned by Guthrie County Roads Department was estimated at $300.
(Radio Iowa) It’s said a dog can be a man’s best friend, but a dog can also be a family’s worst enemy if they’re adopting an animal and don’t know about its origins and full medical history. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he’s introducing a bill called the Healthy Dog Importation Act which aims to keep a closer eye on the million-plus dogs that are brought into the U-S every year.
Grassley says this kind of vigilance on biosecurity is important to maintain for Iowa’s livestock producers, and it’s equally important for potential pet owners.
He says more needs to be done at the federal level to shield our country’s residents from an array of infectious diseases that can be transmitted to people by canines.
The C-D-C has released a list of dozens of countries that are considered “high risk” for the importing of dogs.
(Radio Iowa) AARP Iowa state director, Brad Anderson, says the organization is pushing for state lawmakers to enact a cap on insulin costs like the one now in place for federal Medicare users
He says no Iowans should have to worry about how they are going to pay for insulin.
AARP Iowa would like to see a state cap on insulin somewhere between 35 and 100 dollars per month.
He says insulin was created 100 years ago and has gone up about 600 percent in price in the last 20 years.
He says the time has come to get the insulin cap to the finish line.
(Radio Iowa) Friday marks one year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine and experts from across the Midwest are gathering in Iowa City tonight for a panel discussion about the war and what may be next for that region — and for the world. Marina Zaloznaya (ZAL-ohz-NY-ah), a sociologist and political science professor at the University of Iowa, says she’s surprised the conflict has lasted this long, and it’s an ill omen that we’re now entering a second year.
Zaloznaya, director of the U-I’s European Studies Group, says there’s “no clear offramp” for Russia, while the Russian people support the war because they don’t know the full story, being cut off from Western media.
Russia has the resources to continue the war for years, while Ukraine is being backed by the United States and numerous other countries, setting up the potential genesis of another much larger war. While the future of the conflict may have a profound impact on millions of people around the world, she says there are also resurrected fears of nuclear escalation.
Various sources show the U-S has spent between 25- and 75-billion dollars on weapons, training and supplies for Ukraine since the war began a year ago. Zaloznaya says Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has shaken Europe to its core and set off a global humanitarian crisis.
Tonight’s panel discussion will include experts from the U-I, the University of Chicago, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. It starts at 5:15 at the Iowa Memorial Union on the U-I campus and is free and open to all.
Skyscan Forecast Friday, February 24, 2023 Dan Hicks
Today: Mostly cloudy. Scattered light snow or flurries. N @ 10. High 20.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Winds becoming SE @ 5-10. Low 10.
Saturday: Partly cloudy. Warmer. SW @ 10-15. High 42.
Saturday night: Partly cloudy. SW @ 5-10. Low 24.
Sunday: Partly cloudy to cloudy. Breezy. High 50.
Monday: Mostly cloudy. Rain in the morning. High 44.
Yesterday’s high was 19 and the low was 1. This day last year the high was 20 and the low 3. The all-time record high was 76 set in 1930. The record low was -15 in 1894. Sunrise is at 7:02 a.m. and sunset is 6:04 p.m.
Class 4A Substate Semifinals
All games at 7:00 p.m.
Substate 1
Sioux City West @ Norwalk
Johnston @ Sioux City East
Substate 8
Urbandale @ Waukee
Dallas Center-Grimes @ CB Abraham Lincoln
LONNIE BENSON, 60, of Irwin died Wednesday, February 22nd at his home. Funeral services for LONNIE BENSON will be held on Tuesday, February 28th at 1:00 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, February 28th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. prior to services at the Church.
Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Irwin.
LONNIE BENSON is survived by:
Mother: Connie (Elmquist) Benson of Harlan.
Father: Edwin Benson of Harlan.
Daughter: Tabby Benson (John Mitchell) of Elkhorn, NE.
Sister: Glenda (Dan) Cantrell of Harlan.
Brother: Lynn (Lynda) Benson of Grimes.
Exira-EHK held a 3 point lead at halftime of their Class 1A Region 4 Final against Remsen St. Mary’s on Thursday night. Then the Hawks turned the game on it’s head with a 17-0 run to start the second half. Remsen St. Mary’s outscored the Spartans 22-8 in the third quarter to swing the momentum in their favor. Exira-EHK would battle to the end, getting as close as six points in the final two minutes but the Hawks held on. Exira-EHK head coach Tom Petersen said that run was rough but he was proud that his team kept fighting.
Remsen St. Mary’s got 15 points from leading-scorer Whitney Jensen, 13 of which came in the second half. Carmindee Ricke added 13 points and Mya Bunkers dropped in 11 for the Hawks. Remsen-St. Mary’s advances to their first ever girls state basketball tournament and improved to 23-1 on the season.
Exira-EHK got 19 points from senior Shay Burmeister and fellow senior Quinn Grubbs added 9. Coach Petersen tried to put the words together to describe the phenomenal careers that Grubbs and Burmeister have had.
The Spartans end their season with a mark of 19-5 and fall just shy of reaching the state tournament for the third straight season.